🌌 Devlog #1: Intercepting Deep Space Signals (Vite & NASA API Setup)
Hey builders! 🚀 I’m starting a new devlog series for my APOD site!For my first milestone, I wanted to build a web dashboard that automatically fetches and showcases NASA’s

Astronomy Picture of the Day using their official public APOD API. 📡

• Vite Dev Environment ⚡: Initialized a modern Vanilla JS project with Vite for a fast local server and hot-reloading.
• NASA API & Secrets 🔐: Configured local environment variables (.env) to safely house my NASA API key and keep it hidden from public git commits.
• Modern Space Dashboard 🎨: Crafted a refined dark dashboard using Space Grotesk and Orbitron typography, featuring custom loading spinner states, error handlers, and support for high-res image and video/YouTube embeds!
• WakaTime Connected ⏱️: Set up project-level tracking to log all my building hours under give-your-website-a-pulse.